Late Middle Ages

Health Festival

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Organised by
Country
the Netherlands

Beautiful on the inside, beautiful on the outside.

Health and beauty are inextricably linked. People have known that for as long as they exist. This weekend Museumpark Archeon shows how people from prehistory to the 21st century deal with the care and well-being of their body.

Forging Weekend

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Organised by
Country
the Netherlands

Forging is of all times, before metal was used there was already a flint smith. Sharp objects such as knives, axes and adzes were made from flint. Later these objects were made of bronze and then of iron and steel.

Soap Making

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Country
Austria

Course target: we manufacture 3 soaps to take away

Course content: What is soap? How does soap work? What raw materials are used? And how is it handled correctly? Calculation of a soap recipe; Raw materials and their processing; Additives, fragrances, colors, herbs, tools; Script with simple soaps to imitate yourself

ICMAH 2020

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Organised by
ICMAH - ICOM Colombia
Country
Colombia

In the last few years, ICOM and its members have reflected upon the following difficult issues. In 2017 the subject for the international museum day was Contested histories: Saying the unspeakable in museums, and this year it is going to be Museums for equality: Diversity and Inclusion.

Forging a Lance or Spear Tip, creating Glass Beads or Handmade Paper

Date
Country
Austria

Forging a Lance or Spear Tip

Course objective: forging an iron lance or spearhead.

Course content: After an introduction to forging technology and the history of thrust and throwing weapons, each participant forges his own lance or spearhead historical model.

Leather Tanning

Date
-
Country
Austria

Course objective: Each participant goes home with a piece of leather they have tanned themselves.

Course content: scraping the rawhide in the frame, inserting it into a brain mass, pulling the rawhide dry to the leather, smoking the leather, tips for further processing